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common paftures, it will occafion this to vegetate, 

 end to be fit for ufe in a few weeks : nay, in fome 

 fituations, not too much expofed to the heat of the 

 fun, it is known to flourilh, and derive ample fup- 

 port, from occafional dews only. It has, farther, 

 fo peculiar a quality of (locking, that, with very 

 little care in its infancy, it will overcome all other 

 grafs and weeds ; and in ground full of (tones and 

 rocks, though planted at very great diftances, at 

 random, as the appearance of foil admits, wiU 

 fpiead itfelf about them, in a few months, and at 

 laft cover them entirely. This grafs, when ready 

 to feed, is from fix to eight feet high; but it is ge- 

 nerally fed upon, or cut, when only three or four. 



It agrees with all kinds of (lock; and hor(e8, 

 mules, and cattle, when turned out to feed upon 

 it, will fatten fo fall, that the two former will be in 

 good condition in a couple of months, or lefs; and 

 the latter will become fit for the butcher in the 

 courfe of three months. 



The cultivation of this grafs is very eafy, and 

 attended but with little care, cxpence, or trouble. 

 It is not immediately produced from the feed, but 

 is previoufly planted. The land intended for it is 

 generally made perfeftly bare by hoeing, and holes 

 are then dug thereon, from three to five feet dif- 



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